2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, consisting of the MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 classes. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 11 October 2015.

In the premier class, the race began in damp conditions but dried out over the course of the race. Jorge Lorenzo had started on pole but faded to third with tyre issues, and it was Dani Pedrosa that achieved his first victory since the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix, and as a result, became the eighth rider to record 50 victories at World Championship level. Valentino Rossi extended his championship lead to eighteen with a second-place finish, ahead of Lorenzo.

During free practice, Alex de Angelis crashed heavily and was taken to hospital in a critical but stable condition. De Angelis missed the remainder of the season as a result of the crash.

In the intermediate Moto2 class, Tito Rabat pulled out of the weekend due to injury and as a result, Johann Zarco won his first World Championship title, and the first by a French rider in the intermediate class since Olivier Jacque in . Zarco went on to win the shortened race ahead of German duo Jonas Folger and Sandro Cortese. In the Moto3 race also shortened by weather delays, Niccolò Antonelli took his second win of the season ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Navarro, while championship leader Danny Kent maintained his points lead with sixth place.

Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 46:50.767 6 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +8.573 2 20 3 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +12.127 1 16 4 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +27.841 3 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 24 +35.085 4 11 6 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 24 +37.263 8 10 7 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +37.667 9 9 8 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha 24 +44.654 15 8 9 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +48.572 18 7 10 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 24 +50.121 12 6 11 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 24 +1:00.535 7 5 12 72 Takumi Takahashi Team HRC with Nissin Honda 24 +1:01.211 19 4 13 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 24 +1:11.261 21 3 14 68 Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +1:13.896 14 2 15 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +1:15.421 24 1 16 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 24 +1:20.507 16 17 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 24 +1:31.224 20 18 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 24 +1:46.833 13 19 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi AB Motoracing Honda 24 +2:00.072 26 20 24 Toni Elías Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 23 +1 lap 25 Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 Accident 11 Ret 43 Jack Miller LCR Honda Honda 16 Accident 22 Ret 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 13 Accident 10 Ret 76 Loris Baz Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 13 Handling 23 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 10 Engine 5 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 8 Accident 17 DNS 15 Alex de Angelis E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART Did not start Sources:

Moto2 Due to weather conditions which caused delays in the schedule, the race distance was reduced from 23 to 15 laps.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 15 31:17.900 1 25 2 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 15 +4.505 3 20 3 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 15 +15.433 9 16 4 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 15 +17.348 12 13 5 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 15 +22.858 6 11 6 88 Ricard Cardús Suter 15 +24.970 17 10 7 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 15 +25.759 16 9 8 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 15 +27.024 4 8 9 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 15 +27.485 21 7 10 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 15 +28.062 18 6 11 40 Álex Rins Kalex 15 +30.768 5 5 12 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 15 +32.685 10 4 13 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama NTS 15 +33.995 29 3 14 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 15 +36.582 25 2 15 36 Mika Kallio Speed Up 15 +43.672 20 1 16 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 15 +48.256 14 17 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 15 +49.421 28 18 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 15 +51.712 15 19 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 15 +1:20.982 24 20 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 15 +1:31.219 26 21 66 Florian Alt Suter 15 +1:36.116 30 22 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 15 +1:41.127 7 23 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 13 +2 laps 22 Ret 39 Luis Salom Kalex 9 Accident 13 Ret 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 8 Accident 19 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 7 Accident Damage 2 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 5 Front Tyre Wear 11 Ret 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 4 Accident 27 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 4 Retirement 8 Ret 16 Joshua Hook Kalex 3 Accident 23 DNS 1 Tito Rabat Kalex Did not startOFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 Due to weather conditions which caused delays in the schedule, the race distance was reduced from 20 to 13 laps.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 13 28:03.391 2 25 2 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 13 +1.053 5 20 3 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 13 +8.529 6 16 4 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 13 +11.074 7 13 5 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 13 +13.043 15 11 6 52 Danny Kent Honda 13 +15.224 4 10 7 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 13 +15.873 3 9 8 98 Karel Hanika KTM 13 +17.563 19 8 9 17 John McPhee Honda 13 +18.153 24 7 10 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 13 +18.556 27 6 11 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 13 +19.896 23 5 12 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 13 +20.892 11 4 13 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 13 +25.145 20 3 14 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 13 +28.455 34 2 15 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 13 +28.849 10 1 16 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 13 +29.988 25 17 41 Brad Binder KTM 13 +30.719 9 18 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 13 +31.949 21 19 95 Jules Danilo Honda 13 +32.146 28 20 16 Andrea Migno KTM 13 +35.048 17 21 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 13 +47.242 14 22 96 Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 13 +48.796 18 23 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 13 +49.372 13 24 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 13 +56.860 16 25 27 Keisuke Kurihara Honda 13 +59.731 35 26 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 13 +1:07.035 26 27 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 13 +1:19.621 30 28 5 Romano Fenati KTM 13 +1:29.664 1 29 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 13 +1:52.305 33 Ret 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 10 Accident 29 Ret 11 Livio Loi Honda 4 Accident Damage 8 Ret 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 2 Accident 12 Ret 34 Ryo Mizuno Honda 1 Accident 32 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 1 Accident 22 Ret 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 1 Retirement 31 DNS 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 283 2 Jorge Lorenzo 265 3 Marc Márquez 197 4 Andrea Iannone 172 5 Dani Pedrosa 154

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 342 2 Honda 285 3 Ducati 221 4 Suzuki 110 5 Yamaha Forward 33

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 548 2 Repsol Honda Team 356 3 Ducati Team 322 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 240 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 155

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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